Machine eor immersing carriage-wheels in water after putting on the



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES MORRIS, OF BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR IMMEBSING CARRIAGE-WHEELS IN WATER AFTER PUTTING ON THE HOOPOR TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 3,276, dated September 23, 1843.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES Mourns, of Bloomfield, in the county of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Machine to beUsed in Hooping Carriage or Wagon \Vheels, and all other lVheelsRequiring Hooping, of which the following is a full and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification,Fig ure 1 being a birds-eye view and Fig. 2 an elevation, with thepieceof the box removed, in order to show the parts used in raising andlowering the frame on which the wheel is'placed, the same parts in bothfigures being similarly lettered. V j

A is a square box made water tight, and of such size and depths astosuit the wheels to be hooped; for common wagon wheels, it may be aboutfive feet and a half square and thirteen inches deep.

B is a strong frame on which the wheel to he hooped is placed, where itis confined by the nut on the top of a spindle which passes up throughthe hub. The frame is of such size as just to move freely up and down inthe box, and rests on two movable inclined planes or wedge shaped pieces0, C. These planes are connected by the pieces D, D, with the levers E,E; and the levers being attached to the sides of the box by a boltthrough each, on which it turns as a fulcrum, the planes are easilymoved backward and forward, and consequently the frame, with the wheel,raised or depressed.

WVhen the machine is to be used the box is filled with Water, and thelevers put in the position as represented in the drawings; when the topof the frame will be just above the surface of the water in the box. Thewheel is then put on the frame, and the hoop, after being heated, is puton the wheel. The position of the levers is then reversed, and theplanes being thereby drawn back, the frame descends and immerses thewheel in the water, and the hoop is instantly cooled.

The frame may be raised and depressed by screws, or racks and pinions,or by cams on ashaft or shafts placed under it, and worked by a lever;but I think the mode described above preferable to any other that hasoccurred to me for the purpose.

The advantages in the use of this inven tion are a great saving of timein performing the work; and the hoop being instantly cooled in its wholecircumference, as soon as it is put on, the wheel is not injured byburning.

hat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Placing the frame with the wheel thereon, in a box, or vessel filledwith water, and lowering it so as to immerse wheel in the water, asherein described; using for that purpose any of the above describedmethods, or any other mechanical contrivance which .will produce thedesired efiect.

JAMES MORRIS.

